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What Is That Sound? FBI Building buzzes Incessantly
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An incessant, high-pitched hum coming from a nondescript FBI building in Virginia is driving neighbors crazy, the Washington Post reports. “You’ve never stood next to such a loud building,” Tom Jackman wrote for the Washington Post. “It sounds like a helicopter is hovering a block away – a helicopter that never goes…
Justice Department Sues Fundamentalist Mormon Sect
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department has filed suit against a fundamentalist, polygamous Mormon sect, saying it discriminates against non-members, according to the Christian Science Monitor. The suit alleges that members of the sect control government services in the towns of Hildale, Utah and Colorado City, Arizona, according to the Christian Science Monitor. Those towns…
Ex-FBI Employee Sues; Says She Was Harassed Because of Her Good Looks and Talent
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The bottom line is Erika Bonilla, a professional singer and former FBI employee in New Mexico,says don’t hate her cause she’s beautiful. The 38-year-old has filed a lawsuit against the FBI and Justice Department, alleging she was harassed by her co-workers because they were “jealous of her appearance and Latin singing…
Philadelphia Cop Faces Jail Time for Drug Trafficking
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Philadelphia police officer is accused of selling heroin to a confidential informant working for the FBI, Philly.com reports. Jonathan Garcia, 23, was charged Wednesday with four counts of distributing heroin and two counts of carrying a firearm during drug trafficking. Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said he plans to suspend Garcia for…
FBI Pobes Illegal Fundraising by Tea Party Candidate in NY
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s ongoing investigation into illegal fundraising for Staten Island Congressman Michael Grimm’s 2010 campaign has led agents to question of at least four people who worked with the Tea Party favorite, the New York Daily News reports. The four who were questioned in the past two weeks were campaign operatives or…
FBI Arrests Former Fundraiser for Blagojevich, Jesse Jackson Jr.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former campaign fundraiser for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich and U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. was arrested Wednesday on charges he paid bribes and kickbacks related to his outpatient surgery centers, the Associated Press reports. Raghuveer Nayak pleaded not guilty and was released on $10 million bond. The FBI accuses him of…
FBI to Return Stolen Art to Polish Museum
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com More than 120 stolen artifacts with a price tag of about $5 million is returning to the Polish Museum of America, the Chicago Tribune reports. The artifacts, from 18th century documents to Nazi propaganda, disappeared from the museum in the 1970s and 1980s, according to the Tribune. The FBI did no announce…
Why are There so Few Cartel Members on the FBI’s Most Wanted List
By Jazmine Ulloa Austin American-Statesman Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán – the man labeled the world’s most powerful drug trafficker – is not among the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. Neither is his rival, Heriberto Lazcano, though he is said to run one of the most vicious illicit networks to move tons of cocaine and marijuana…